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foreowned

foreowned adjective: owned beforehand; previously owned.

Adjective

foreowned (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Owned beforehand; previously owned.
    • [...] and the New York corporation proceeded to manufacture paper cups and dispensers and carried on a general paper drinking cup business under the protection of the patents and applications for patents thereto foreowned and held by the Maine corporation and transferred to it in exchange for...1945, United States. Board of Tax Appeals, B.T.A. Memorandum Decisions - Volume 1 - Page 31
    Synonyms:
    pre-owned

Synonyms of foreowned

Origin of foreowned

From fore- + owned.

Questions about foreowned

What does foreowned mean?
Foreowned means owned beforehand; previously owned.
What part of speech is foreowned?
Foreowned is an adjective.

Words near foreowned in the dictionary

  1. foreordinated
  2. foreordinates
  3. foreordinating
  4. foreordination
  5. foreordinations
  6. foreowned
  7. forepack
  8. forepacks
  9. foreparent
  10. foreparents
  11. forepart

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